In Memory Of

SCHONFELDT, ADAM JOHANNES HENDRIKUS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1955-06-02
Service No:
 71205629BA
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 SADF Horse & Dog Centre
Unit 2:
 attd. 6th South African Infantry
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-11-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy machine gun fire when their patrol walked into a PLAN ambush during a night-time follow-up operation tracking fresh insurgent spoor in the Eastern Caprivi
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1128
Cemetery:
 ZEERUST MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
He was a member of the Tactical Platoon of the SADF Horse and Dog Centre, based at M'pacha in the Caprivi during his death. His Tracker dog was Rinty no. W991. Both he and his dog were killed in a night time follow-up operation tracking fresh SWAPO tracks in the Eastern Caprivi and ending up in an ambush. His Platoon commander at the Dog School was Capt. GH Grobler, and his Instructor was Cpl J Rocher.